Meeting Minutes
Columbia College
March 13, 2008 Community
Ed. Room
Attending: Brian De Moss; Connie Mical; Melissa Colon;
Rick Rivera; Robert Gritz; Nathan Rien; Brian Greene; Fred Grolle; Don Smith;
Wendy Link; Ida Ponder; Kelley Marshall
1. Technology Plan Final Review and Acceptance
Brian De Moss
The Technology Committee
conducted the final review of the Technology Plan and accepted it as presented
by Brian De Moss. The Technology Committee
recommended Brian forward the Plan to Connie Mical
and Gary Mendenhall for presentation
to College Council at their April meeting.
After acceptance by the College Council, the Technology Plan will be
forwarded to the President for final acceptance.
2. Computer Replacement Plan, Planned Updates
Brian De Moss
Fred Grolle
presented a revised version (3/13/08)
of the Computer Replacement Plan. Connie
asked Brian De Moss to provide proposed Fir 1 computer specification sheets to pertinent
faculty in order to ensure these machines will serve their planned purposes.
Connie continued discussion of the Technology Purchase Plan 2007-08. She noted Fir 1 computers, three network
servers (ATTC, Calaveras and Fir)
and forty-three monitors have been purchased from various sources of funding. Connie also mentioned the administrative
group would like to make a recommendation to the Technology
Committee for an additional purchase not currently listed on
the Purchase Plan. Administrators have
asked if the Technology Committee would
agree to move forward with a purchase of additional memory for various existing
computers across campus. The committee
gave consensus for this purchase and it will be moved forward. Deans and managers are working within their
areas on printer replacement. Fred Grolle/Brian De Moss will send an email to
managers with their recommendations for replacements. With regards to Library
computer replacement, administrators and Technology Services are attempting to
achieve the Priority One level using various funding sources. Vocational Ed block grant funds have been
used to purchase five Instructional
Technology Center
computers. Trickle down computers from
Fir 1 will replace seven pos lab computers, six will be kept for spares and the
remainder will go to faculty and staff as determined by Technology Services.
3. Distance Education Melissa Colon
Recently Pat James, the Colleges distance education
consultant, conducted a CCC Confer
training for interested staff. The final
Distance Education Plan has been presented to President Joan
Smith for review. Melissa Colon and Brian De Moss have recently received
invitations from Dr. Roe Darnell requesting their participation in district distance
ed discussion.
4. FrontPage Replacement Brian De Moss
District will support Microsoft Web Expression. Per Brian, cost is $29.00/per
workstation. If anyone desires to
evaluate Microsoft Web Expression, send an email to Brian and he will email the
link to you.
5. Web Focus Group Brian De Moss
Brian has reviewed previous Web Focus Group Minutes
including the Best Practices and Guidelines.
He proposes to reconvene the Web Focus Group to adopt the established Best
Practices and a policy which determines how our Columbia College
website is maintained. There needs to be
commonality on the College website. The Web Focus Group will meet to
develop a plan of action. Once this plan is in place, the proposal will be taken
forward to the administration and the rest of the College. At that time it can be viewed as a college
priority with a determination of costs and hours and then placed on the table
for discussion. It is important the Web Focus Group meet soon to adopt Best
Practices/Guidelines and develop the action plan so Columbia College
is able to meet the April 14,
2009 deadline when FrontPage will
no longer be available for our use.
6. Next Meeting Date Thursday, March 27, 2008, 1:00-2:00 pm, Community Ed Room